Julia Govor

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Not everyone starts out as a singer for a Russian military band and ends up DJing in New York with Jeff Mills. Unless you're Julia Govor, a Russian DJ whose incredible journey—from military band performer to resident DJ at underground Moscow clubs - is pretty fucking unparallelled - "THUMP."

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She took that advice and, in just a few years, New York ignited Govor's career. "I've never been so productive," She unleashed the solo track "Litmus" early in 2015 and has also worked on collaborative projects with other artists. "It's so intense to be here," she says, "but in terms of creativity and energy of the people and possibilities, it's such a great thing."

For the first in a series of mixes presented by THUMP and Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival (BEMF), Govor expertly spliced together an array of deep and hypnotic sounds to evoke the exact kind of subtle bliss you need to keep this cold weather from getting to you too much. In honor of the mix, we spoke with Govor about music's healing qualities and what exactly makes Brooklyn so special.